Christos Laskaris (Greek: Χρίστος Λάσκαρης, 1931 – December 11, 2008) was a
Greek poet.
Laskaris was born in the village of
Chavari in
Elis, but moved to
Patras as a child. He studied at the Pedagogical Academy of
Tripoli, but did not become a teacher; instead, he worked his entire career in the insurance division of the Patras city bus authority. He was awarded the
Cavafy International Award in
Cairo
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in 2007.
Works
References
*''The first version of the article is translated and is based from the
article at the Greek Wikipedia (
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1931 births
2008 deaths
People from Amaliada
Greek male poets
Poets from Achaea
20th-century Greek poets
20th-century Greek male writers
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